apyw THf fmiiypll:fT fTRAXSLATED FOK THE DISPATCH. A long time ago. when dense, wild forests stood where we now find busy cities, there lived, as steward, in an old, dilapidated hunting castle, an old man with his wife and son, little Fridolin. The father of the Count to whom the castle belonged had been Terv fond of the chase, and every autumn he spent several weeks hunting deer and other wild same; but the present Count did not erjov such sport, and leit the castle en tire! v to the care of the steward and an old hunter. These people lived a very quiet, lonely life, tor the nearest village was many miles away and few visitors ever found their way to the caj :.e. The old hunter was very fond of Fridolin. and often took hitn on long excursions through the forest, whera he tau"h: him much about the habits and hauutso: the wild animals. Then, too, the hunter could tell such wonderful storiesand legends, and he was alwavs ready 10 enter tain hi!, little friend in this way. Sut Fridolin liUed most to hear about the Float ing Island. ... "On bright summer days. said the hunter, "a small, beautiful island sometimes Km.eai'c. and glides over our lake with the grace o a u. And often the fishers, when out in their little boats, hear the chime of iilverv bells and the sound of sweet music, which, must come from the island, and vet it never auproaches near enough to be distinctly seen; but it is said that on it are beauti ul gardens, blooming trees and happy people, who spend their time in constant enjoyment." The thousnt of this island was seldom ab sent ironi Fridolin's mind, and he spent many hour- in the shore of the lake, vaiuiy hoping to gain a view of this image of heautv. When not on the snore, Fridolin could" almost always be found on the bal coBTof tne tower, where he had a wide view o both the orest aEd the water. As he sat here one warm July day, allowing his gare lo wander over the lake, he saw in the dis- .,- v.- -'a8&'S&:fw .&ftV-?1, K .V'7 .Fh S. ..'.! ? ' , Ml '5"" f WrtJ. i fea to&3 v. V... r r f . ' - -.-: Y-rs. r f9C7AIi--W X-tr $ fPhL -VS. ' ii csreV'? THE LITTLE GIRL'S lance what, at first sight, seemed to be a fisher's boat: but as the object came nearer, it glittered nnd shone as il made of gold and jewels. Fridolin hastily leit the tower and raa to the ihorc, and having untied his boat was soon rowincr with all speed toward the tiny craft, which socked so gently in the waves, and wes co'istantly coming nearer. Pat no one was to he seen in the strange host, and when but a few steps away Friiiolin rose to his feet lo gain a better ii--w, iie sivr.lj'iig fast asleep in a boat madeo! lcothcr-'ii-pearl aud bordered with costlv peus, a little girl with long, golden lair and wearing a ricli dress adorned with the liucst embroidery. As the boy gazed ronileriiigly and breathlessly at the little tleeper she awoke and started up in a liigtiteaeii manner. She looked anxiously at the bow of the boat as if in search of koorcthiug. Then she held Jier hands im lloriasiy to Fridolin as if begging his pro tfc;ion. " 3!ut to all tne eager questions of tii bov the only replies he received were i,vb and tcais. Fndolia knew that the little tranger was iu great trouble and he feinted much to help her. Uut he dis covered that his language was new to her; fcf when he asked tier name and how he might aid her she shook her head sadly as il lo a. y: "1 cannot understand you; but I know that you are kind and will help mc." Fridolin then led the little fairy, as he r.vled her, to his patents, who were crcatly aMoiiisbed, and took eveiy care o: the little su-inger. The old hunter, who was present. Mid: "She is from thcrioatinglsland, and !- been carried by the waves to our shore." Fti'iolin was delighted with bis new com panion, aud in every way tried to banish the look of sorrow, which was seldom alj 6eut from her fair tLce. He showed her where the swfetet strawberries grew, gath ered for her the choicest fliwers. and vpent tuany hours with her roning about in his little boat. Although Faiiy, as everyone now called her, censed weeping and seemed grateful lor the kiudness ot her Jriends, yet she never spoke, except in a strange tongue, and seemed always to have a great griel. She was not contented when on the shore with Fridolin, or up in the castle tower overlooking the water. One d.iv, when the two children had climbed the dark, narrow stairs, aud were standing on the ivv-covered balcony, they beard a loud clapping bound, and saw, flying near them, a large black stork, which' seemed animus to attract their-attention. The little cirl clapped her hands for joy, and stretched her arms toward tbe bird, which flew nearer and hovered about as -if awaiting some commands. Fairy took a fine gold ehain from her ueck and held it to the stork, which took it in in its bill, and, having watched attentively the strange signs which the little girl made, it flew away across the lake. Fridolin looked on in wonder, and was delighted to see the change in his compan ion's lace. There was no longer any trace of sorrow to be seen, her large blue eyes beamed with hope, and a bright smile jnayed over her beauti. ul face. In the meantime a great storm arose, the wind Mew furiously, and the waves rolled higher aud higher, while the rain tell in torrents. "We must go down," said Fridolin, "or wc shall be drenched, and then mother will scold." , But Fairy pan? no heed to his entreaties, and remained standing with her gaze fixed ou the water. Suddenly through the storm and rain a white cloud was seen, which proved to be a silver veil carried by the ctork. The bird flew swiftly toward the tower and dropped tne veil on the balcony. Hastily seizingly it, the little pirl ran down the suits so quickly that Fridolin could scarcely follow, ai.d running to the shore Kprang into her little boat, and, having spieadthe silvery gauze over the bow, she was carried by the waves out into the lake. Fridolin looked on as one bewitched, and it was i.ot until she waved good-by that he thought ot detaining her, and then be called and begged that she would return, but in vain. For a long time tbe boy stood on the shore and watched the little boat gliding r i . -i'". : ! I il " ffl so 8 ' 1 ilt n,f i i li-' .a!.e.-s . ' IJsR7F t i f h fcv.r-D, w 1 1 miMQ J tP--wyMrA&n ovcr the waves. He could see the long, golden hafr floating in the wind, and the fair, white hand waving farevrelL And now Fridolin's quiet life seemed more lonely than before, and he wept bit terlv at the thought of never again seeing the beautiful fairy. Yet he still hoped that the Floating Island would approach their shore, and that Fairy would come to his home. But the months came and went, and although Fridolin spent all his leisure hours on or near the water, he gained no sicht of the lairy boat, nor of the island. Great trouble nowcame to the boy. His dear parents, who loved him so devotedly, sickened and died, and the charge of the castle was given to another. The old hunter, too, was taken away, and Fridolin was left almost without friends. An uncle, living in a distant city, far from the beautilul lake, took the orphan to his home; but Fridolin was not happy here, for he pined for the old, free life in the forest and lor his home in the castle. After several years, the uncle took Fridolin tor a visit to his old home. The delighted boy sought again the old tower, and as he looked once more over the water, he was sure that he saw the little pearl boat, and in it the little girl, whom he' bad called Fairy. Kunniug to the shore, he cried: 'Fairy, Fairy, come quickly; for I have bnta short time to stay. Jlr uncle will soon come for me, and theu I must go awav again." & In a moment the boat had touched the sandy shore, the little girl sprang out, and in a language which Fridolin could per fectly understand, said: "When the cruel wind carried away the silver veil, which served as a guide to my boat, and I was lost on your shore, you heeded my cry for help, aud cared Jor" rue until the black stork found the veil, and I was able to return to my home and friend;. I have now come to take you to my lather's beautiful castle on the "Floating Island, where you will be happy, aud ail troubles will be forgotten." The silver veil was again spread over the -, WINGED FRIEND. bow of tbe boat, and the vessel glided away, carrvinz the orphan to a land of flowers andmusic, Paysie. SOME ENIGMATICAL NUTS. ruzzles Tor tho Little Folhs That Will Keep Their Urains I!uy for Most of the Week if They Solve Them Correctly Home Amusements. Address commwiications for this department to F K. Cuadbourx. Lewiston, Maine. 1264 ILLUSTRATED PTRAMID. Arrange the symbols in the following order, as numbered in ihe picture. O O o m o The central letters spelled downward, name a species ot lynx, a native ot Atrica, India, Peiia anci Turkey. R.E.A. Dixg. , Reading, Pa. 1205 riddle. In ancient times there was a thing That in the kitchen used to swing. It had twB ores, but coald not sec, Though useful to the family. And often when they went to cook, Sniue savory morsel it would hook; Yet never get a reprimand. Because it cuuld not understand. Oft with its game 'twould fly away Along the shore or o'er the bay. And seek some place to eat Its food Within the margin of a wood. And often heavy loads itbore Of gods that people wished to store, Enough f or an v horse to draw. Yet it could hold them in its claw. gome said 'twas fond of liquor too. Which often from the cask it drew, But whether thii is true r not, I know it ne'er became a sot. AIDYL. 1266 OtJR CAMPING PARTY. We, that is, my brother Tom, my two consins. Bess and Harry, and myself, were determined to camu In the rlrst place we would decamp from the town, then wo would camp at tbe loot of a distant mountain. This was our plan of action. Theu an important question arose what should we carry! Bess thought she couldn't get along without part of an cl'vhant. but Tom and Harry treated her proposition with such contempt that fbe quickly withdrew it, and asked them to enlighten us oa the sub ject from the dentils of their profound wisdom. Well, SaiU Xlllll, WU Oil" !" OK...H. Uf- mal that troubles housewivt. three or fonr foolishly omanllc people, and each will want a. coaling of metal. branch of a fiver and a knife. Ho much for the culinary department. You "iris will want m wear svmt boots and fljuuel dresses that will be sure to last until our return, so von will need cairy no others." Wo took wise Tom's advice, and found it very good. Bach a fine time as we had! Thebojs shot pa t of an old-fashioned Jlrevlace, a por tion of an elevation, and a loved one, besides S f(D)S) 2- ft 1- (A ) fik T"4ftsfiSll ;-THE ' catching all the fish we needed. When we re turned home our friends thought our faces had ta".en a good poet. i Ethyl. 1267 DOUBLE CROSSWORD. In "the Kwordftsh in the sea;" In "H.,Rlder Haggard's -Sue:' " In "the battles ot the Tree." In "the company to tea;" In "the blossoms on the tree. In the seconds of tno night. By the sufferer's lowly cot. Yon have looked with tearful sight For the foe that spareth cor. Superstitious persons say When the total once is heard, Primal is not far away, t'i st must shortly have occurred. Now the saing is not true: In the silent midnight hour, 'Tis a fact we tell to you We have feared the tolaCs power; But the weeks have glided by. One and two and three and four. Till ihe eighth one now Is nigh. Well believe the tale no more. Hi C. BtJKOEB. 1208 DIJVMOXD. 1. A letter. 2. A chart. 3. Having pane. 4. A pledget. 5. Relating to a maniple. 6. Worked with the hands. 7. Defrauded. 8. A mnsclo that exnamls any part. 9. Not so early. 10. A color. 11. A letter. CHARLIE. 1269 ANAGRAM. 'Our canopy's" immense expanse. Presents itself belore my gUnce;, I note the sun. the moon, the stars, Contemplate Jupiter aud Mars, And Venus, and their 'sister tribe. Those worlds astronomers describe. And wonder whether like onr eaith, To sentient beings llicv gi e birth. Jl v xrhol-; however wide its range. Can never solve the mystery strangf. For Unite knowledge nas its bouud. And cannot reach such depth piofound. Neisonian. 1270 words v.'itiiin a word. What word or ten letters.me.tning to discour age, contains (without transposition) words with the following significance: L A dining uteusil. 2. Exists. 3. A personal pronoun. 4. To clip from the surface. 5. An internal organ of the body. 6. To perceive by one of our organs. 7. A part of the head. 8. Skill. y. A number. CDATTIE. 1271 TRAKSPOS1TIOK. I. I am one ofrfature's rocks. Lying in the ork oi ages; Broken into slats by shocks. Me the qnarner disengages From my bed among tlie sand. Where the Great Creator placed me; I was formed by God's own hand. Let no sandal builder waste me. IL Here my form is wholly changed, Noun no more, a verb becoming: Here my parts are fearraneed. Yet I'm shown by careful i-umming Person, third, and present ten9e Number, singular. I say it: "Burns the ends of" Is my sense. Bo says Webster: I betray it. H. C BUROEB. 1272 CHARADE. Sally took her tolai and Wen Into a neichbor''; First is always in her band Freed trom other labors. For the last is her delight. Neat, industrious Sally; And all things seem to come right. As she does not dally. AIDTL. ANSWERS. 1255 "My boat is on the shore. My bark is on the sea; And before I go, Tom Moore, Here's a double health to thee." 1256 The difference in the letters U and I: Gin. gun; pig. pug; sun, sin; soul, boil; British, brutish: bdl. bull. 1257 Threat, hatter. lZoiir-Maid, mad; plaice, place; pilot, plot; pirate, prate; Cain, can. 1259 BeatncB Granger, Geoff .-ey Bingham, ViSit Face-painter. 161-R 13 F O K M A D"0 S EPOPOEIAS F O It K WARD OPENERS ROWELS M E A R S AIRS DAB 0 & s : 1S62 For-gie. fi 2t u-- 'jt . litis Sleep. A THOUSAND BALLS A MUJUTE. The Electric Motor 3Iade to Take the Place of the Gatling Gun Crank. New York .Tribune, j The latest and decidedly the most novel nse of the electric motor is to replace human energy in the manipulation of the death dealing Gatliug eun. The Crocker-Wheeler Motor Company.at the request ot the United States Navy Bunwu or Oidnance, submitted plans by which the Gatling gun might be operated by electricity, and have just com pleted a motor attached to the breech ot the gun, which is a marvelous success. It has been necessary, heretofore, in op erating these guns, to have the services of two men, the gunner, whose duty it is to train the gun and drop the shot where they will do the most execution, and also a man to operate thp crank which sets in motion the mechanism which causes the halls lo hail down upon Ihe enemy. Ihe adaptation of the Crocker-Wheeler motor not only does awav with the services of the latter, but en ables the gunner to train and operate the pun at will by touching an electric button. So completely is the gatling gun under con trol of the gunner that he is enabled to fire either a single shot or to pour them out at the rate of 1,200 per miuute. The Bureau of Ordnance expects' that a (runner will be nble to do more execution when not disconcerted br the man at the crank, s the power is applied more steadily, and beciuse of the absence of wabbling, which is unavoidable when operated by a man. Hf A SSA OF FIEE. "Wonderful Phenomena "Witnessed From a Itark in tho Bast Indies. New York Times, Some unnsu.ll phenomena were observed by. Captain John Newman, commanding the bark Kelvin, during his recent cruise through Sunda Strait, which separates Java from Sumatra. The great channel is lim ited on the north by the conspiquous island Krakatoa, on- which is the volcano that kicked up such a rumpus while in a state of eruption a few vears ago. On June 2G last the Kelvin was quietly going along with sails barely filled by the light southerly airs that caused hardly a ripple on the surface. About 11:30 in Ihe evening, when about eight miles e.ist-north-east from the entrance to Sunda Strait, which is marked by Krakatoa, the water suddenlv appeared on fire in patches o about two feet in diameter. These patches were about eight or ten feet apart and ra diated in long lines from the vessel as far as the eve could see. They extend ed in every direction, tbe bark her self being tne central point. The patches seemed to pulsate as the bark slowly sailed along, aud their brilliancy would change with each successive throb. - , The last feature continued some 10 or 15 minutes alter the pulsations had ceased, and gradually it died awav. The Captain of the Kelvin awaits a solu tion to the mystery, and hopes to hear re ports from other vessels passing through the straits about the same time. SUCH IS FAME. How tho Grand Old Man Figures in tbe Century Dictionary. Among the words comprised in the new volume of the "Century Dictionary" is "Gladstone." The meanings given under the word are as follows: iirst A roomy four-wheeled pleasure carriage, wilh two inside seats, calash ton and seats lor driver and footman. Second An English traveling bag or portmanteau of leather stretched on a light iron iraine. It is from 22 to 24 inches long, tn two or more compartments, so as tocon iain a dress suit without crushing or creas ing the garments; so named in compliment to William E. Gladstone. PITTSBUHG 'DISpATOSUNDAY, OCTOBER 26. THE DiAME OF GOD. How lis Significance Became Greater Wilh Each Revelation. FIRST BE WAS, A PLURAL BEING, Later the Jehovah and Then the Father, Eon and Holy Ghost. THE EXPIAXATION OP TUB TE1NITI fWEITTEjr FOH THE DISPATCH.l "In the name of the Father, and of the Son. and of the Holy -Ghost." This is the Christian revelation of the name of God. In the Bible names are accounted of im portance. They mean something. They are given in the midst oi the solemnity of a religious service. They are changed some times, and regiven in recognition and re membrance of some great crisis in a man s life. The name is a description of the man, or a reminder of some notable fact about him. The giving of 'the name Tn the sacra ment of baptism and the asking lor the name at the beginning of the catechism are survi vals of this ancient significance of names. Great importance is attached in the Bible to the name ot God. That God's name must be kept holy is insisted on iu both the Testa ments. An" irreverent Utterance o ' the uame oi God is taken to be an irreverence done to r:! Himsulf The name represents God. This fact is especially emphasized by the changes which have taken- place in the name of God. A new revelation of God is accompanied bv the adoption of a new name for God. The n'ame symbolizes and sums up the revelation. The "name oi God and man's idea of God seem to go together. As the doctrine of GOd changes the name changes with it. THE STEP TO ONE GOD. Thus God was known at the beginning as Elolum, a iia"me- which is in the plural and means "gods." This plural name is set with a singular verb in the Bible, and this curious usage is thought by some to mark a great step taken by the Hebrew people toward truer knowledge of God. Men be gan to see that the gods of Uieit old ltnper lect creed were out personifications of the attributes ot the one God. They began to think of God not as many, but as one. In and above tbe gods men began to find God. Presently there came a higher revelation, and with it a new name. God was no longer spoken ot as Elohim, in whom met the mighto allthegods.audaboutwhomthechief thought was strength; but He was known now as Jehovah, the living one, the sus Minerof Hie. The thought of providence entered in, and the conception of God as sustaining a personal relation to men. He was believed in as the God who cares and loves. That was a great advance. Finally, Christ came, bringing with Him a biglierrevelation still ol God, and a new name to go withit. God is the Father, God is the Sou, God is the Holy Ghost. God is the Maker, the Kedeemer, the.feanctifier of thp pjw. All that had beencoiiceived of God before met here, and more wuh added. , It is of this Christian doctrine of God that we are to think to-day. The first thing which we naturally think oi about this doctrine is its cifEi-ulty. The statement of it in the I.intTUitre of theology is that "the Father is God, the Son is God. and the Holy Ghost is God; and vet they are not three Gods, but one God." Into what a tangle and perplexity that puts us! THE POINT OF CONTROVERSY. It was this elemetr- of difficulty which made the doctrine the center of controversy in the early church. The path was so hard to walk in that people were torever getting bewildered, and losing their way, and find ing themselves in some bog or jungle of heresy. Even to-day, after centuries of ex nlan.i'tiou. this difficulty continues. Aud in consequence of it a good many religious people who are not Christians are accus tomed to setthisdoefnue quitp.to.one side.3 They believe in God, but they believe in Him as the Hebrews did; while many Chris tian people, compelled to reconcile in some wav their belief in Christ with their belief in God, really think of God as three. There is one God who is the Father, and a second God who is the Son, and a third God who is the Holy Ghost. They do not disregard the doctrine of the Ttiuity, but they miss its meanin?. Itis pretty generally acknowl edged that this difficult doctrine ol God wa" taught by Jesus Christ, and that it was taught bv Him not as a discovery but as a revelation. It is true that in other religionsthere were trinities ot oue sort and another, just as in other religions there are doctrines of an in carnation and an atonement. In the Old Testament itself there were foreshadowings of the Christian doctrine of God. It is not true, however, that absolute originality is the characteristic of a revelation. God alwavs " TEACHES LITTLE BY LITTLE. "A truth revealed by God is never a truth out of relation with previous thought." At last the revelation' conies, and it proves itself bv the hold which it lakes ou the hearts of men. Its credential is its strength, its confidence, its persistence and its perma nence. So the arttof printing wasjnveiited manv times beiore the fifteenth century. Kevexiheless, it was never really invented until then, because it began to work then, and not before. Uv tne revelation of Jesus Christ, there came into the world this Chris tian doctrine of God. "We know that because we have the words in which He declared it. It was our Lord' Himself who spoke of His own relation to the Father, and ol the person and the mis sion ot the Holy Spirit. It was our Lord Himself who appointed as the name which should be said over every new-comer into His kingdom, the church this name of God as Father, Son and Holy Ghost It is from what Christ s.iid that we come to believe in the Trinity of God. That is so true that the New Testament cannot be read by an unbeliever in this doctrine without a hundred forced explana tions. Anvbodv who is troubled about the 1 Christian doctriue of God, and is willing to take the word of one who is" wiser than he, is, may jpn to Christ. He will settle the matter. God is Father, Son and Holy Ghost Christ said. WHERE TUB TROUBLE LIES. So far as authority is concerned the doc trine of the Holy Trinity makes no trouble. It bears the plain stamp of authoritv. The loug controversies of the old days have left no doubt as to the position of the Churuh. There is no doctrine in the creed which has a definition more elaborate, more carefully weighed and measured, or more extended, than the Christian doctrine of God. Who ever is willing to "hear the Church" escapes all difficulty. There arc a great many people, however, who are notwilling to "hear the Church" aud be content. They want to reason things out; and it is from the side of reason that the difficulty comes. It is the people who desire to do their .own thinking who en counter the perplexities. It is the Question ers who find the seemingly unanswerable questions. The 'most important thing which can be said to-day about the Christian doctrine of God con cerns its relation to human reason. All truth must commend itself to reason belpre we can recognize it as the truth. Theu and then only does it beconle true for us. Kevelation itselt is but the bringing of the reason to the recognition of new truth. There is no unreasonable truth. The state ment ol the truth may be inadequate. The appreciation of the'truth by the reason may be equally inadequate. We may onlyap prehend the truth, and not comprehend it at all. That is manifestlv the case with the Christian doctrine of God. The truth is too high for us. Ourjnost delicate definitions are but blundering and defeated endeavors to state a truth" which is too wide for either hnman sneenh or human thought. We are trying to state what God is. How can we help but fail? MUST BE REASONABLE. Still the truth, even about God, must commend itself to reason. "W,e may not be able to go very far, siill as lar aswe go reason must go with us. TheChristdin doc trine ot God must be in harmony with human reason. The Christian doctrine of God is in har mony with human reason. All revelation and all reason meet here in this supreme conception of God. The doctriue of the Holy Trinity is'an advance upon the uni tariauism of the Hebrews, as that was an ad vance upon the polytheism of their 'pagan neishbors. It represents , man's highest thought of God. After all the peculations of all the philosophers; alterall thednspired visions ot all the poets and the prophets; after all the voices which have been heard out of the skv, or in the heart; after all the centuries of human experience of God, this is the conclusion: God is the Father, God is the Son, God is the Holy Ghost. Eeason demands that we shall thinfe of God as one. The whole effort- of science, and philosophy is to reduce all effects to the working of a single cause. "Whether this first and sole cause, this "infinite and eternal Energy from which all things pro ceed" is personal or not, is God or not, philosophy does not find it either within its province or within its power to say; but that it must be one all thinkers are agreed. "An absolute unit," however, "is unthinkable." A unit which shall be absolutely one, in which there can be no conceivable division, in which there can be no possible relation ol part to part if you think ol that you will see how it defeats thought. It is un7 thinkable. The ONLY CONCEIVABLE UNITY is that living unity in which the one and the more than oue are united. That infinite and eternal Energy which lies behind phenomena must be such a living uuil. Iteason irresistibly seeks unity. But "an abstract unity can explain nothing." God, if He were ab stractly and absolutely one, would be dead. At the same time, our religious instinct, which is just as much a part ot us as our intellectual intuition, demands that God roust be a personal God. With the suppo sition of the impersonality of God religion comes to an end. A whole division of our nature is leit unsatisfied. We are put to moral confusion. God must be a person. He must be one with whom we can enter into relation. All religion rests npon the belief in the realitv of a relation between God and us. But absolute unity defeats the thought of personality. There" can be no personality without intelligence; there cau be no per fect personality without love. But there can be no intelligence and no love without distinction in unity. The Christian doctrine of God teaches a unity which includes differences. It satisfies the essential demand alike o't philosophy and of religion. It is the meeting place of faith and reason. The doctriue is but a stumbling definition, but it is true as far as it goes. It is the best we have. It is the most that we know ot God. "It is the sym bolical expression of the richest and pro oundest aud most rational truth about God." It is the highest utterance which has ever been spoken or conceived of among men ot "the completeness of the nature of God." THE THREE ATTRIBUTES. God is the Father. He is that Supreme One, dwelling in infinity, toward whom all men of all time the world over have lilted handsin prayer and adoralion.in whom meet all worthy thoughts which any nation under any name has ever thought of God; the Strong One, in whose hand are all things visible and invisible bv Him made; theFirst Cause toward whom nil reason looks; the Infiuite aud Eternal Energy from whom all thing; proceed, the Omnipotent, the .Living God. God is the Son. God is manifest not only in nature but iu man. He is the great up lit'ter ot the race, leading man with infinite patience and wisdom, along a stumbling path, out of imperfections nearer and nearer to the divine ideal. He is the maker of his tory, tbe inspirer of heroism, speaking by the lips of brave men and saints aud proph ets. God cares. God loves. God became openly manilest among men in the person of Jesus Christ. He lived our life here for our example. He tausht us in words and deeds of wonder about Himself. H& showed us what sin is. that He might draw us away "frbm, it, Hnd whatHls1ove is, that He might bring us near to Him, by suuering lor onr sakes the death of the cross. He opened the gate of the grave, that we might look through into that blessed home where He has His dwelling; Thus He redeemed us. GOD, THE LIFE. God is the Holy Ghost; He is the life of all life. All things live by Him. He raaketh the grass to grow upon the mount ains. He speaks in the thunder. He brings seed time and harvest with Him, and the rain in His season. He is the God who is in the world, the power who moves all forces of all life. In Him we live and move and have our being. Fronj Him nil holy de sires and all just works do proceed. He sees and hears us always aud everywhere. Constantly He speaks to us, in the lips of all utterers of helpful speech, in the pages of all uplifting books, in the services and the sacraments of the church, in the still voice of conscience. He sanctifies us and all the people ol God. "The Father is God, and the Son is God, and the Holy Ghost is God." "And yet thev are not three Gods, but one God." George Hodges. HABBIED IN A BUNCH. Story of an Old Pennsylvania Preacher Who Hull Lots of Knots to Tie. j Spare Moments.! There lived some years ago in Western Pennsylvania an old circuit preacher whose genial humor and kindliness of heart had greatly endeared him wall tlje people of his district. He was a particular favorite with the vi.ung folks matrimonially inclined, and his oppoitunities to "tie the knot" were numerous. On one occasion he Jound upon his arrival at a certaiu town several couples awaiting his blessing. The old man was tired aud wished to make short work of the job. "Stand up," ho began, "and jine hands." Which being done, he rattled through a marriage service that, like himself, was oriuinal. "There," he said, when it was finished, "ve cm go; ve're man aud wife, ev'rv qne o've." Two of the coup'es hesitated, and finally made it apparent that in the sudden "jining" they had become confused and had taken the hands of the wrong persons. The old preacher's eyes twinkled as he took in the situation, buthe instantly straightened up, and with a wave of Jiis hand dispersed them. "I married ye all," he said. "Sort your selves." Optical Telegraphy. A novel and ingenious invention in op tical telegraphy is being used experiment ally in the Danish marjne. The apparatus is intended to render practicable a method of telegraphing direct by light in Morse signals. It depends for its action upon the fact that white light, consisting of the 1 colors .of the rainbow, can be cut up by prisms'in a lantern into these colors, form insr the well-known bands of the spectrum. By a suitable and carefully arranged system nf Gprpfknfl nnd firSemc rhocf. luminous SPeC- ' "trum- bands can .be given a certain form, which may be raade to cor respond with the long aud short dashes of the Morse code. When, thereiorc, the light from the lighthouse lantern is observed from a distance through :i telescope fitted with a prisruthe light appears to consist of these signals, aud cau be so read by ahy ex perieuced Morse operator- A quick and certain system of night communication be tween different vessels on the one band, and between ships and the, shore on the other, has long been needed, and the spectro lantern bids fair to -meet tbe want. Kcfloctlon on Her Age. ston Herald. B' Matilda (of uncertain age, but who is about to be married) Harry has- put some beautiful bld-lashioned furniture in the house. j He has a eraze for antique things. Melissa (unable to conceal" her jealousy) I should think so if he asked you to marry him. Wt 1590. ; Y w JUSTICESJJTE IMG. No Tellin?. How Many Years a Man Will Last Once He Gets OS UNCLE SAM'S SUPREME BEKCiy Plenty of 6ctoei)Xrians Though the Work is Yery Exacting-. FACTS U THE BKLEXAF SCANDAL rcoimiBFONDEXCE or tub dispatciij Washington, October 25, Washington is still talking 6" the deaths of General Bel knap and Justice Miller. The two men came from the same State. They were the closest of friends, and their careers duringji great part of their lives ran side by side. When Belknap was made Secretary of War Justice Miller spoke of him in the highest terms, and, when through the fault ot his wife, he was forced to leave the War De partment, Justice Miller was the first public man to call upon him, aud to tell him that he still believed in him. More than one-half of the noted Belknap scandal has never been told. There is no greater liar than history. I know of men who have passed awy within the last ten years, and who now shine in the minds of the people as the brightest stars of morality and purity the heavens of American statesmenship. who led double lives, aud whose public lives were never truly report ed. I know of others who were lar better than Dame History has ever painted them; and the Angel of Truth, when she reads be tween the lines of Belkoap's record, will give him a better place in his future state than he has ever had in this. BADLY INVOLVED FINANCIALLY. I saw General Belknap about"two days before he died. He was attending an auction sale of some valuable lots which he owned ou K street and McPherson square. The sale was a forced one and the lots did not bring as much as be expected. His financial affairs were very much involved, and his estate will be small. General Belknap was one of the finest looking men iu public lire. About six leet high, he had a great bead of classic shape fastened to a pair of strong, broad shoulders. Bis com plexion was as fair as that of a milkmaid. His eyes were bine and he had a loug beard of golden hue into which the silver strands had begun to creep. He was a popular man here and he leaves many friends. Jud;e Miller went off in much the same way that Belknap did. Both seemed in perfect health a few davs before their deaths, and Miller looked as if he might live to be 100. As it is he died at 74, by no means an old age (or a Justice of the Suoreme Court. LONGEVITY ON TBE BENCH. There have been during the 100 years of its organization only 53 Justices on the Su preme Bench ol the'Uuited States, and 20 of these have lived to be over 70. Judge Bradley is now 77 and he is as tough as a pine knot. Blatchford is 70, and the pros pects are that he will dry np and drop to pieces all at once like the old deacon's shay at some time during his eighties. Harlan is only 57, but he don't look to be 50, and he hasenough iron in his blood to make a horseshoe. Justice Gray has a skin as fair as a baby's, and atG2 he is as spry and healthy as a young chicken. Judge Brewer is in his prime. Chief Justice Fuller is sound from in to out, and the only shackley men on the Supreme Bench are Lamar and Field. Field is by all odds the healthier of the two. thoush he is nine years the older. Lamar looks much broken and his hair is fast turning gray. BETTER THAN BROWN-SEQUAED. The Justices of the United States are the most long-lived men iu the country. They don't have a soft snap, either, but they stick to it like grim death. There is po- telling how long a man will live if he is once ap pointed to the Supreme Bench, and a curious instance ot this was that of Chief Justice Taney, who died at 87. He seemed lo be all his life upon,the edge of the grave. Hcfwas one oi the leading lawyers of Maryland before Andrew Jackson ap pointed him Secretary of the Treasury and got him to remove the deposits from the United States Bank. Luther Martin and William Paukuev were at this time his chici competitors, but they died leaving him at the head of bar. Both of these men had been employed on a chancery suit wbicn had been lor a long time in the courts, and which bade fair to become a second Jarn dyce vsJarudyce. The client who Jiad em ployed them had taken one after the other and they had both died on his hands leav ing his case unsettled. THOUGHT TANEY A CORPSE. He was then advised to engage Taney and with this view he called npon him. He en tered the office, took a look at the emaciated form and graveyard air of the great lawyer, and theu turning on his heel left the office without a word. "Give that man my case?" he said to the first fr"end he met, '"I would as soou think ol giving it to a corpse. He will die within two months." But Taney did not die. Jackson make him Chief Justice of the United States and he sat ou the bench 25 years. Among the other octogenarians of' the Supreme Court was Chief Justice Jay, who had the good sense to retire after he had presided over the Court for six years, and lived to be 81. Chief Justice Marshall lived to be 80, aud Judge Swayne, of Ohio, died at four score, and sat on the bt-uch for 20 years. Judge Duval, of Maryland, died at 86, and he was on the bench 25 years. I heard a lunny story about him the other night from oue of the old stagers of Wash ington. Said this man: AN OLD FRIEND'S MISTAKE. "Gabriel Duval was oue of the besffel lows, as well as one ot the most noted men of his time. He had to leave the Supreme Court ou account of deafness. He was a member of Congress when it was sitting in Philadelphia, and while there boarded at the house of an old lady named Gibbons, who liad a daughter who was neitheryonng nor taciturn. There were a number of other Congressmen at the house, and among them a member from Virginia named Giles. "Giles and Duval bejsanie great friends, but they lost sight of each other after they left Philadelphia, and it was several years later that they met at the races at Washing ton. By this" time Giles had been elected Senator of the United Stafes, and Duval was Controller of the Treasury. They were enjoying themselves and chatting about old times and had dis:ussed a num ber of their friends when Senator Giles suddenlv asked: 'By the way, Duval, what has become of that cackling old maid, Jennie Gibbons?' " 'She is Mrs. Duval, sir,' was the reply. Giles shut up like a clam, and it was several minutes before he could -recover himself enough to go on with the conversation." JUSTICE MILLER'S SERVICE. Justice Miller .was the oldest Judge on the Supreme Bench in point of service. He served 28 years, and there have been only eight Justices in the past who have served as"long. Chiel Justice Marshall leads the list at 34, and Judge Story, of Massachu setts, was also on the bench for 34 years. One o: the youngest 'Judges that the Su pieme Court ever hadwas Bushrod Wash ington, who was appointed when he was S6, while General Washington was still alive. He was the favorite nephew of General Washington, and he inherited the estate of Mt, Vernon. He sat on the Supreme Bench for 31 years, and died in 1829. Justice McLean, ot Ohio, and Jnstice Wayne, of Georgia, served as Justices ot the Supreme Court for 32 years, and "John son, of South Carolina, served 30 years. The man who served the shortest term on the Supreme Couft Bench was John Kutledge, who hnd a term o two years jnst after Chief justice Jay opened the Supreme Court. He was appointed by General Washington, and Washington thought a good deal ot him, for when Jay resigned he nominated him as "jFif i Chief Jnstice, but the Senate refused to confirm him, and Oliver Ellsworth, a grad ate of Princeton and one ot the sieners of the Declaration of Independence got; the place. Butledge became insane after bis appoint ment, and it was on this account that the Senate refused to confirm him. THE STATES ON Tnp BENCH. Justice Miller was the only Supreme Judge ever appointed from Iowa, and he, with the exceptions of Field and Brewer, the only ones ever appointed west of the Mississippi. New York has had six Jus tices on the Supreme Bench, and the first Chief Justice, John Jay, was a New York man. - Ohio nnd Virginia have each bad five Justices and each has had the honor of hav ing a Chief Justice of the United Stites, Chief Justice Marshall coming from Vir ginia and Chief Justices Waite and Chae both beincr Ohio men. No other State ex cept Ohio has had two Chief Justices. Pennsylvania has had fonr Justices on the Supreme Uench during our history. Judge Miller's death was Lirgely caused byi overwork. He was lired out by his labors on the circuit, and he had decided, he said, that he would never make the trip again. This was but a day or two before he died, and the duties of the Supreme Judge are verv onerous if he chooscsto make them so. Miller worked all the diyand a part of each night, and I don't' believe vou will finiTiriiarder worked set ot men than the Judges who are now on the Supreme Uench. Judge Bradlev works at least 12 hours out ofeverv24. The Chief Justice is a hard student, nnd Judge Fields as a rule puts in about twice as many hours as atrovernment i clerk. Chief Justice Waite's last sickness was caused by overwork, ana tne moral oi Judge Miller's death seems to hethat a man in public life, and epecially in judicial life, should retire at 70, and not work on until he drops. Frank G. Carpenter. IASGIST SADLING BOAT. The Steel Bark, France,"Itccenfly Launched for the titrate Trade. There was lauuehed recently irom Messrs. David & William Henderson & Co'.'s shipbuilding yard at Meadowside, Partick, a steel sailing ship, which, it is said, is the largest sailing vessel afloat, and will form an important acquisition to the mercantile fleet of France, in which country she is owned. Her dimensions arc 3C0 fong by 48 feet 9 inches broad and 30 feet deep; her gross tonnage will be about 3,750 tons, with a dead weight carrying capacity of 6,150 tons. In these and in air other particulars she is much larger than any other sailing vessel afloat; her sails, which are being made in Franre, presenting an area of no less than 46,000 square feet-. She will be rigged as a five-masted bark. The vessel will be principally engaged in the nitrate trade. In order to preserve the nitrate solution, which is formed in large quantities, and which is usually discharged overboard, tanks are fitted in the hold, thus insuring the shippers agaiost loss resulting from this waste. The poop is fitted up as a handsome saloon, containing accommoda tion lor captain, officers and a limited num ber of passengers. The crew are berthed in a large deckhouse above the foremast, and the petty officers' aud apprentices' berths and niesirooui are in the deckhouses aft of same. Iu the forecastle a large, airy room is set apart as a hospital. The vesselhas been built to the order of Messrs. AntTlom Bordes et Fils, ol Paris. Messrs. Bordes well-known fleet of sailing vessels is the largest in the world, and, besides this vessel, called the France, contains some of the largest sailers a flout. THE ALHAMBEA FIBE. Details of the Narrow Escape of tho Famous Palace From Destruction. Illustrated News of the World. 1 One of the most famous buildings in Europe, celebrated in history, romance and song, the Alhambra palace of the Moorish kings ot Grenada, has narrowly "escaped destruction. On the night of September 15 a fire broke outiu that part of the Alhambra known as the Patio de Alberca, situated close-jo the Polio de los Leones, or Court of the Lions, and the Tocador de la Iieina, or Queen's dressing room. It was feared that the mischief would assume very disastrous proportions, and that the unique and beau tiful Arabic pile would be burned, but the fire was got under with comparatively little damage. ' When the news reached the neighboring city, thousands of people flocked to tbe scene, to find, on arriving, that the whole of the upper part of the'gallery on- the right side of the Arraynes Court was ablaze. To prevent the conflagration from spreading, a successful attempt was made to isolate the burning portion, while men and women of every class, including several ladies, as sisted the firemen. Water was obtained from the tanks and fountains in the various courts. Aiter.several hours' incessant work the fire was'at length extinguished in the early hours of the morning. The portion burnt i&mpri'es the magnificent Sala de la Barca and the right wing of the Arrayncs Court. The remainder of the building was saved. Eight persons were slightly iujured. THE WINDOW TAX. One of the Oppressive Kevcnno Measures ' From Which England Suffered Long. Newcastle, Eugland. Chronicle. The window tax in England was a result of the war with France that ended at Waterloo. Millions had to be raised, but of the many oppressive taxes, none were felt to be more objectionable than this shut ting ont of the "light of heaven" from men's dwellings. The law so enacted that any building or house with more than eisbt windows was liable tor window duty. The consequence was that architects and build ers were at their wits end how to plau and erect houses with as .ew windows as " possible. Many family houses were dark, dismal and damp; sanitation and health were out of considera tion. In the house in whicU the writer ot this spent his early days, there were origi nally 14 windows. To keep the tax low four ol them were built or blocked up, two good back rooms were converted into dark cellars, and, if my memory serves me right, we still had 14 shillings to pay for this tax. Common sense rebelled against such taxes, but it was not until the present ex-Prime Minister, William Ewart Gladstone, as sumed the Chancellorship of the nation, thatso many ot these abominable taxes were swept from the Statute Book. That such a tax should have existed for at least the first 56 years of this enlightened nineteenth ceu turv i bevonri belief. 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